![]() Other aspects of cleaners can be dangerous, but only if you touch or ingest them. The fragrance can be the most toxic part about conventional cleaning products because it is unavoidable. There still isn’t any comprehensive required safety review of ingredients in general, though certain extreme and immediate hazards must be listed. In fact, my mind is still staggering under the stat I just came across that not only do 1 in 12 Americans have asthma, but 35.4% of them reported having missed work in 2017, the year previous to the study, due to workplace fragrances.Ī further troubling fact is that until very recently, there has been no required disclosure for any ingredient in cleaning products, and even now, it’s only in select states like California and New York. The fragrances in cleaners, as well as other airborne components, are also a known source of indoor air pollution. Sensitizers are chemicals that cause a substantial proportion of repeatedly exposed people or animals to develop an allergic reaction in normal tissue. Phthalates (pronounced without the initial “p”) are widely acknowledged as endocrine (hormone) disrupters and a cause of birth defects in boys. The fragrance is made up of synthetic substances, including phthalates, sensitizers, and allergens. And the products would also be a good deal more expensive. If it were, that fact would be well broadcast across their labels and advertising. So what makes those nearly addictive smells? It is certainly not lemon essential oil, or any other essential oil. And don’t we all want our house to smell clean like hers? Can’t you picture the commercial with the stylishly dressed and made up woman sniffing her house’s air with satisfaction? It must smell clean. The manufacturers spend loads of time and money to sell consumers on their products’ smell. Consumers like the smell of Pledge and Tide and Febreze. Ironically, it is the lack of scent in many homemade cleaning recipes, and especially the lack of a lingering scent, that can be a real roadblock to a newbie’s adoption of safer cleaners. However, after reading about the problems of fragrance in this article and this article and this article and this article, to list a few, I finally admitted that these nostalgic-to-me smells had to go. When I smelled it, I felt reassured that everything was dirt and germ-free. It didn’t smell like any naturally occurring substance I knew of. To me, growing up, the smell of clean was sharp, pungent, and nose scouring. When I started down the green road, I had to grow accustomed to the new smell of clean. Bronner’s Sal Suds and Tea Tree and Peppermint Castile Soap. I assured him that the smell would soon dissipate.Īnd herein lies the difference. “It smells like vinegar in here,” my son said after I had been cleaning mirrors.
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